Rainbow Perch (Noun)
Meaning
Pacific coast fish.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- In coastal Oregon waters, you can spot a vibrant rainbow perch near submerged rock formations and coral reefs.
- The elongated body of the kelp rockfish contrasts sharply with the compact frame of the kelp's neighbor, the striped bass or the colorful rainbow perch.
- This Southern Californian common marine species, the barred surfperch shares its intertidal home with an assortment of such marine fish as the spotted bay bass, the kelp greenling, or the rainbow perch.
- As dusk approaches, an angler stumbles upon a variety of nocturnal deepwater finfish that surface under calm moonlight conditions including varieties such as the Rainbow Perch in western Puget Sound Bay fish locations.
- In marine fish records a few California fish collectors have retrieved the high water calico surfperch & rainbow perch off western shores particularly rocky shores or underpinnings.